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indar
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Croak

Post by indar » Tue Nov 10, 2020 5:52 pm

Traditionally four strong men
grasp the subject's limbs
splayed. Face down,
stretched horizontally to the ground
the offender being carried from the premises
resembles a certain amphibian:
hence the name frog march. 

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Post by Tracy Mitchell » Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:00 am

Wasn't that a lesson -- I had thought it was something different. Now I know:

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Love the short direct narrative.

& welcome back, Indar!

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Post by indar » Wed Nov 11, 2020 4:13 pm

Thanks Tracy---great graphic. Next I will explore the particulars of the perp walk, preferably to the SDNY

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Post by Tracy Mitchell » Wed Nov 11, 2020 4:35 pm

Yes! SDNY currently warming up in the wings. Stretching, etc. don't want to pull a muscle or tweak a hamstring.

I look forward to your creation. :D

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Post by Colm Roe » Thu Nov 12, 2020 7:41 pm

Once again another Americanism temporarily lost on me.
But knowing how much you love Donald I should have known...enjoy your glee.
Ireland celebrates your new President. But we would, seeing as how he's one of us :D
OK, that was a bit naive; most politicians are not one of anyone. But anyone is better than DT!

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Post by Dansinger » Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:22 am

I enjoyed that. Truly. And I'm not even sorry. I really am that guy. I'll use it somewhere in my next book - or so I hope.

It's bloody brilliant!

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Post by Dansinger » Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:24 am

Colm Roe wrote:
Thu Nov 12, 2020 7:41 pm
Once again another Americanism temporarily lost on me.
But knowing how much you love Donald I should have known...enjoy your glee.
Ireland celebrates your new President. But we would, seeing as how he's one of us :D
OK, that was a bit naive; most politicians are not one of anyone. But anyone is better than DT!

Wait! Did I miss something? Was I taking the poem too literally? Again?

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Post by indar » Sat Nov 14, 2020 8:40 am

Wait! Did I miss something? Was I taking the poem too literally? Again?

You can take it literally, Dan, but now I am curious about your story 8-)

My current favorite fantasy is seeing Trump frog marched out of the White House on TV with the whole world watching.

Frog marched---doesn't it have a nice ring? Although frogs are swamp creatures they have the right to that basic nature and I apologize to them for using them so badly.

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Re: Croak

Post by indar » Sat Nov 14, 2020 8:41 am

Wait! Did I miss something? Was I taking the poem too literally? Again?

You can take it literally, Dan, but now I am curious about your story 8-)

My current favorite fantasy is seeing Trump frog marched out of the White House on TV with the whole world watching.

Frog marched---doesn't it have a nice ring? Although frogs are swamp creatures they have the right to that basic nature and I apologize to them for using them so badly.

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Re: Croak

Post by Dansinger » Sat Nov 14, 2020 12:08 pm

indar wrote:
Sat Nov 14, 2020 8:41 am
You can take it literally, Dan, but now I am curious about your story 8-)

Not much of a story. I just often miss jokes and puns because I take thing literally. I'll even laugh at jokes I don't understand, just so I don't stand out.


indar wrote:
Sat Nov 14, 2020 8:41 am
My current favorite fantasy is seeing Trump frog marched out of the White House on TV with the whole world watching.

Frog marched---doesn't it have a nice ring? Although frogs are swamp creatures they have the right to that basic nature and I apologize to them for using them so badly.

That is a rather nice fantasy! I'd like to see that though generally speaking I hate seeing anything that even resembles that man-child.

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